Continuation of tree (6th child of Antoine Pitre/Angelique Duplessis); all known surname descendants:
7 David Pitre b: 3 March 1880 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 5 February 1921 Belledune, Gloucester, NB
+Rose Anne Guitard b: c30May 1884 etit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 7 November 1905 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Samuel/Marie Roy]; d: 1972 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Emile Pitre b: 18 May 1908 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 24 April 1954 Durham, Restigouche, NB
+Marie Dorilda Lejeune b: 18 July 1901 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 14 July 1936 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Jean/Marie Cormier]; d: 1986 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
8 Mary Elizabeth Pitre b: 1 September 1910 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 28 July 1915 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB
8 Adeleine Pitre b: 1913 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; d: 10 July 1991 Madran, Gloucester, NB
+Joseph Hector Arseneau b: 26 July 1908 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 8 July 1929 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Polycarpe/Bernadette Roy]; d: 7 April 1969 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB
8 Mary Emilda Pitre b: 21 March 1915 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: Aft. July 1991
+Louis J. Jacques b: 25 October 1915; m: Abt. 1937; d: 9 May 1995 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB
8 Joseph Alphonse Pitre b: 18 May 1918 St. John the Evangelist, Belledune, Gloucester, NB; d: 8 August 1979 Montreal, Quebec
+Marie Sylvia Roy b: 9 July 1925 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 26 December 1951 St. Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB [Augustin/Marie Anne Arseneau]
8 Adrienne Agatha Pitre b: 1921; d: 11 October 1998 Petit Rocher North, Gloucester, NB
+Joseph Lorenzo Arseneau b: 7 September 1918 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB; m: 26 August 1940 Belledune, Gloucester, NB [Joseph/Isabelle Roy]; d: 26 February 1964 Petit Rocher, Beresford, Gloucester, NB [hit by plank which fell from barn he was dismantling]
Notes for David Pitre:
Census
- 1911 Durham, Restigouche, New Brunswick: David Pete 30, wife Roseri 27, Joseph 3, Mary 7 months; aunt Thersa [sic Tharsile] 70.
- 1921 Petit Rocher, Gloucester, NB: Widow Anna Pitre 37, Joseph 13, Madeline 8, Malda 6, Alphonse 3, Andre 3 months.
- 1931 Elm Tree, Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Onesime Roy 30 carpenter, wife Eva 30, 4 children, lodger Imelda Pitre 16.
- 1931 Elm Tree, Beresford, Gloucester, NB: Adelard Guitard 34 farmer, wife Therese 33, 7 children, lodger Alphonse Pitre 13.
- 1931 Pointe Verte, Beresford, Gloucester, NB: James Guitard 70 farmer, wife Elizabeth 66, Johnny 25, lodger Adrienne Pitre 10.
Obituaries for the children:
Joseph Emile Pitre: L'Evangeline (NB), 3 May 1954: Petit Rocher - Death on April 24 of Jos. Pitre, son of Rosanna Guerette, husband of Dorina Lejeune. Two daughters; Jeannine and Doria. Two sons: David and Roger. One brother Alphonse, at Dastous Motors, Dalhousie. Three sisters: Imelda (Mrs. Louis Jacques, Windsor, Ont.), Adeline (Mrs. Hector Arseneau of Madran), Agatha (Mrs. Lorenzo Arseneau of Devereaux).
Tombstone Inscription, St. Polycarpe Cemetery, Petit Rocher, NB: PITRE / Joseph Pitre / epoux de / Dorina Lejeune / Dec 24 Avril 1954 / age de 46 ans / R.I.P.
Adeline Pitre: Acadie Nouvelle (NB), 12 July 1991 and The Northern Light (NB), 17 July 1991: Died July 10, 1991 at age 78 Mrs. Hector Arseneau of Madran, born in Bangor, Maine, Adeline Pitre (David and Rosanna Guitard). Four daughters: Irene (Martin Vienneau) of Petit Rocher, Alfreda (Omer Hache) by Madran, Rosalie (Victorin Roy) of Ste-Rosette, and Hilda (Rejean DeGrae) of Laplante. Eight sons: Alcide (Imelda), Alfred (Evangeline), Leon (Yvette), Raymond (Monique), Lionel (Murielle), Livain (Olivette), and Victor (Lise) all of Madran and Rheal (Caroline) of Bathurst. Two sisters: Imelda (Louis Jacques) of Ontario and Agathe Arseneau of Petit Rocher; 36 grandchildren.
Joseph Alphonse Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, St. Infant Jesus, Pointe aux Tremble, Montreal, Quebec: PITRE / Alphonse Pitre / 18-5-1918 -- 8-8-1979 / epoux de / Sylvia Roy
Adrienne Agatha Pitre: Acadie Nouvelle (NB), 12 October 1998: Died 11 October 1998 at 77 years old Mrs. Lorenzo Arseneau, widowed in 1964, of Petit Rocher North, born in Alcida. Agatha Pitre (David and Rose-Anna). Remarried -2- Patrice Boudreau. Seven sons: Mathias 'Ti-itt', Roger, Jean Claude (Rejeanne), Pierre (Geralda) Jacques (Jeannine) and Donald all of Petit Rocher and Adrien (Lise) of Tremblay. Six daughters: Leona (Jean Cormier), Bernadette (Ulderic Boudreau), Pierrette (Camille Guitard) and Pauline Morrisone all of Petit Rocher, Claudette (Valmond Roy) of Petit-Rocher-North, Linda (Gerald Morrison) of Tremblay. Sister Imelda (late Louis Jacques) of Ont.; 11 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral at Petit Rocher.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Polycarpe Cemetery, Petit Rocher, NB: ARSENEAU / Mathias Arseneau / 1941 - 2021 / Roger Arseneau / 1944 - 2021 / a la memoire de / Lorenzo / 1918 - 1964 / son epouse / Adrienne / 1921 - 1998 / Mme Agatha Arseneau / 1920 - 1998 / Chapelle Funeraire Verret
Back one generation to parents of David Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Some deaths in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919).
- New Brunswick marriages in RED also from Vital Statistics Records (online)
Last updated: 28 July 2023.